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Monday, May 30, 2016

Water Marbeling is a technique I've always admired, but never managed to master. So when Born Pretty Store offered me to review some of their products, I decided to give water marbeling another shot and chose the water marble comb, a tool to literary comb through the polish to create the marble design instead of using a pin or rosewood stick over and over again. Thank you so much to offer me this item, Born Pretty Store!

I started with my usual white base of two coats of Essie Blanc. The polishes I used for the marbeling are OPI Incognito In Sausalito, Amazon... Amazoff and Can't Find My Czechbook. I tried to do everything as I've seen it on countless Youtube tutorials, dropping the polish on the water, dragging the comb lightly through the polish and dunking the nail into the polish. And well, even with this tool, I still suck at water marbeling! So please don't judge the quality of the comb by seeing my outcome. I'm sure it's a great tool, and I will continue to practise with it. If you like water marbeling (and are way way better in it than I am), don't hesitate to try this tool, it might help you to save some time. You can get it here for 5.38$.

Friday, May 27, 2016

My main polish is OPI My Adress Is Hollywood, a vivid pink with a subtle shimmer. I used three coats on my thumb, index and pinkie finger. On my ring and middle finger I started with a white base (two coats of Essie Blanc) and sponged a gradient using My Adress is Hollywood and L'Oréal Chrome Shine 347 over Love Angeline Diamond Nail Vinyls. One coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top finished this mani.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

I
started with a white base, two coats of Essie Blanc. Application of the
decals was quite easy: just remove the transparent protection foil,
soak the decals in warm water for 20-30 seconds, remove the white sheet
underneath and place them on your wet nails. It's really important to
wet your nails with water, if you don't, you'll probably tear the
decals. You can move the decals around on your wet nails until you're
happy with the placement. Then dab the water off with some tissue and
add topcoat. Since the decals are rectangular and my nails aren't, I
folded the excess over me free edge and filed it off after the topcoat
was dry. The edges on my cuticles I could remove with acetone.

You can get the water decals here for only 2.37$. There are three different patterns/colors to choose from, I'm wearing DLS-345.

Monday, May 23, 2016

It's time for another of ILNP's gorgeous flakie toppers: Neon Rosebud.

My base color is Catrice The Dark Knight, a deep, almost black plum shimmer. I used three coats for opacity.

On top of The Dark Knight I added one coat of ILNP Neon Rosebud. "Neon Rosebud is just... wow. The primary color range of this beautiful
nail polish travels through super vivid fuchsia, green, and gold with
hints of other colors in different lighting! A true stunner that lives
up to its name!" (Source: ILNP). One coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top finished this mani.

Friday, May 20, 2016

This week's challenge theme is music. I have to admit, I felt quite uninspired this time. I already did a mani with musical notes last year for a challenge, and I didn't want to copy myself. So I went with my favorite album of one of my favorite Bands: Züri West. They sing in swiss german, so most of you won't know it.

I started with my three coats of go-go yellow (well, my only yellow that is), Catrice Earnie & Birdy. Them I stamped a not-really-french flower bordure using Colour Alike B. an Aurora and Bundle Monster plate BM-404. I'm honestly not really happy with this mani, but well, without inspiration it's hard to create a convincing mani...

The polish I chose is KBShimmer Home Surf. "Home Surf is a muted teal crelly with silver holographic glitters in
several sizes. This polish reminds me of days at the shore, with waves
crashing, water sparkling, and just the clam feeling only vacation can
bring." (Source: KBShimmer). In my eyes, the base color is a little too light to be a true teal, so I just decided that it looks like a dark turquoise to me ;-) I used three coats for opacity and added one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.

Monday, May 16, 2016

I started with Zoya Remy. "Remy can be best described as a brilliant indigo with a strong flash of green and gold liquid metallic glitter." (Source: Zoya) Remy is very well pigmented, almost a one-coater. I still used two coats, just to be sure.

The next step was stamping over Remy using L'Oréal Chrome Shine 343 and MoYou London Pro Collection XL plate 23. As usual, the final step was one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.